A method and system for distributing professional investment advice to
investors is provided. A computerized exchange system permits one or more
advisors to make investment strategies available to subscribing
investors. Each strategy defines a sequence of trade transactions that
are consistent with strategy parameters and are designed to achieve the
risk and return objectives of the strategy. The strategies are
distributed to subscribers who can undertake the recommended transactions
using separate brokerage accounts. A subscriber can maintain a
corresponding portfolio that assigns weighting factors to various
strategies in order to provide a customized investment strategy.
Accordingly, the exchange system can provide professional fund manager
trading decisions to individual investors in near real time without the
administrative burdens or costs associated with traditional mutual funds.